The history of China's poetry refers to the development history of China's poetry. China's poems refer to Chinese and Chinese-character poems in Han areas, excluding poems in other languages in minority areas, and there are few poems in Chinese dialects. China's poems are vast, with many works and excellent works, beautiful and solemn words and catchy rhymes. Of course, this refers to ancient poetry.
China's poems are short, but the language expression of the same poem is accurate, and ancient poetry has such characteristics. Poetry is a literary genre that expresses feelings and wishes. It is a literary genre with a certain rhythm and rhythm, which vividly expresses the author's rich emotions in highly concise language and reflects the social life in a concentrated way.
In ancient Han Dynasty, unhappy people were called poems and happy people were called songs. In modern times, they are generally called poems. It expresses social life and people's spiritual world according to certain syllables and rhythms. The origin of poetry can be traced back to ancient times. The Book of Songs is China's first collection of poems, which is said to have been compiled by Confucius. There is still debate on this issue in academic circles.
Poetry is the oldest and most literary style, which comes from ancient labor songs (later developed into folk songs) and sacrificial eulogy. Poetry used to be a general term for poetry and songs, and poetry combined with music and dance was called poetry. China's poems have a long history and rich heritage.
The characteristics of poetry:
1, the content of poetry is the most concentrated reflection of social life.
2. Poetry is rich in emotion and imagination.
3. The poetic language is characterized by conciseness, image, harmonious tone and distinct rhythm.
4. In form, poetry is not based on sentences, but on behavior, and its branches are mainly based on rhythm rather than meaning.